 Phylum：Basidiomycota >> Class： Basidiomycetes >> Order： Poriales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Nigrofomes melanoporus | |||
| Author： |
Nigrofomes melanoporus (Mont.) Murrill., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 425. 1904. |
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| Description： |
Basidiocarp annual, pileate, applanate, sessile to dimidiate, up to 15 cm wide and 3 cm thick, very hard; upper surface first finely velutinate and dark brown, then glabrous and purplish black, with sulcate zone; margin obtuse, curved downwards when dry. Pores round to isodiametric, 6-10 per mm, surface dark brown to purplish black; tubes concolorous with pore surface, up to 0.5 cm deep. Context concolorous with pore surface, hard, up to 2.5 cm thick. Hyphal system dimitic; generative hyphae thin-to thick-walled, with simple septa, up to 4 μm wide, skeletal hyphae hyaline to slightly brown, thick-walled, aseptate, unbranched, up to 5 μm wide. Cystidia present, but rare, ventricose, thick-walled, brown, 12-32 × 6-10 μm. Basidiospores hyaline, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, 5-6 × 3.5-4.5 μm, IKI-. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Yilan : Fushan, alt. 650 m, on rotten hardwood, Jul 2002, TFRI 1050. |
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| Habitat： |
Lignicolous causing white rot of wood. | |||
| Distribution： |
Widely distributed in the tropics. |
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| References： |
Chang, TT and Chou, WN. 2003a. |
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| Provided： |
T. T. Chang |
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| Note： |
The very hard and purplish black basidiocarps, and the cystidia in the hymenium characterize the species. | |||